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Is it illegal to seriously interfere with marital freedom
Time:2025-08-28 Views:1487
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Serious interference with marital freedom is illegal, and violent interference with marital freedom may also constitute a criminal offense. The freedom of marriage specifically includes the freedom to marry and the freedom to divorce, and regardless of which aspect of freedom, others cannot interfere.
According to Article 257 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, those who violently interfere with the freedom of marriage of others shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than two years or criminal detention. Whoever commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph and causes the death of the victim shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than two years but not more than seven years. Interfering with marital freedom through violent means constitutes a criminal offense.
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1. Arranged marriage refers to the illegal act of a third party violating the principle of marital freedom by arranging and forcing others to marry;
2. Marriage buying and selling refers to the illegal act of a third party arranging and forcing others to marry with the purpose of demanding a large amount of property;
3. Children interfering with their parents' remarriage behavior;
4. Intervention in the remarriage of widows;
5. Interfering with the behavior of the man settling in and getting married at the woman's house;
6. Interference with the marriage of non close relatives;
7. Acts of interfering or forcing others to divorce;
8. Intervention in the remarriage of elderly people;
9. Interference with others' remarriage behavior, etc.
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Fanneng Law Firm reminds you that the object of infringement is the marital freedom and personal rights of others. There are two types of interference with marital freedom: one is interference with whether to marry someone else, and the other is interference with whether to divorce someone else. No matter which type of marriage freedom is interfered with, when the circumstances are serious, it may constitute the crime of violent interference with marriage.
If the interference reaches a certain level, such as using violence, causing serious injury or death to one party, in addition to constituting the crime of violent interference in marriage, it can also involve other criminal offenses. Sichuan Faneng Law Firm is dedicated to serving you.